CREATE ACCOUNT

FORGOT YOUR DETAILS?

PakistanCriminalRecords.com is a free research resource being provided free of charge by managed by Background Check Pvt Ltd, one of the Asia's largest screening firms, to public for the awareness about the serious and organized crime in Pakistan.

Islamabad: Phone scratch card scammer arrested

Islamabad: Phone scratch card scammer arrested

ISLAMABAD: The main accused in the Rs4 billion cellular phone scratch card scam arrested on Monday, after remaining at large for two years, was produced before the court on Tuesday.

Sources said Usman Zafar, a former employee of the Warid Telecom, had fled to the United Kingdom in 2008, giving a slip to a raiding team of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

A tip-off to police about his presence in Pakistan led to his arrest on Monday. Now he is in the custody of FIA’s Cyber Crime Wing.

Working on a senior position with the Warid Telecom, Zafar was responsible for forwarding requests from the market for generating numbers of scratch cards.

He would send duplicaterequests to the concerned department to get data for double the amount of demand.

He got fake cards printed from the market against the genuine data provided by the company and made arrangements for selling the same at a lesser price in collusion with a major franchise of the company.

Sources said cards valuing Rs13.4 million had been loaded by the time the scam was uncovered. The remaining cards were blocked.

About Jawad Hussain

I'm a guy who believes in sheer hardwork and dedication to the tasks in hand. I would be the last person on earth to be disappointed with the world. Hope is the key and for me Honesty is still the best policy.